Pressure on ‘rat runs’
Traffic volume fears
More must be done to encourage drivers to use the Cathkin Relief Road.
That was the view expressed at a meeting of Burnside Community Council last week.
Both community council chairman Jim Neil and Councillor Robert Brown said action had to be taken to make the whole road, including the junction at Mill Street, more attractive to drivers.
The pair said it would help alleviate pressure on residential streets in the wider Burnside area.
Councillor Brown said the timing of right lane filters at the Mill Street/Croftfoot Road/ Blairbeth Road junction left many drivers frustrated.
He added: “I must have had complaints from pretty much every significant road that goes across Rutherglen and Cambuslang [about the volume of traffic].
“The new road takes some of that away but it will not take away all of it. “What we need to do is encourage more people to use the new road.”
Jim Neil agreed, and said the council had to “try and keep traffic on the roads that are designed to take it.”
The Reformer has previously reported on residents’ concerns about Burnside roads being used as ‘rat runs’.
Brian Shields, from Broomieknowe Road, once again spoke at the meeting on the issues facing him and his neighbours.
Meanwhile, pedestrians have been reassured they do have enough time to cross the relief road at the lights.
Some complaints had been raised about the length of time the green man was on. But community council secretary Alison Black told the meeting she had received a response from South Lanarkshire Council which said the traffic lights are fitted with sensors and would not turn from red until noone was on the road.